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" The moon & the western imagination / "
Scott L. Montgomery
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BL
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700738
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b522927
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Montgomery, Scott L
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The moon the western imagination /\ Scott L. Montgomery
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| Publication Statement
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Tucson :: University of Arizona Press,, [1999]
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, ©1999
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xiii, 265 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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0816517118
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: 0816519897
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: 9780816517114
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: 9780816519897
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-255) and index
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| Abstract
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"From early perceptions of the Moon as an abode of divine forces, humanity has in turn accepted the mathematized Moon of the Greeks, the naturalistic lunar portrait of Jan van Eyck, and the telescopic view of Galileo. Scott Montgomery has produced a richly detailed analysis of how the Moon has been visualized in Western culture through the ages, revealing the faces it has presented to philosophers, writers, artists, and scientists for nearly three millennia. To do this, he has drawn on a wide array of sources that illustrate mankind's changing concept of the nature and significance of heavenly bodies from classical antiquity to the dawn of modern science."--Jacket
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Godsdienst
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Kunst
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Letterkunde
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Maan
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Moon
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Moon, In art
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Moon, Maps
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Moon, In literature
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523.3
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QB581.M6475 1999
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Moon and the western imagination
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